is a Japanese

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series by

Kōichirō Yasunaga is a Japanese manga artist who made his debut in ''Shōnen Sunday'' in 1980. He is best known for his manga titled ''Prefectural Earth Defense Force''. Works *''MM Little Morning'' (MMリトルモーニング/青空にとおく酒浸り) *''Pref ...

which ran in Shōnen Sunday Zōkan beginning in 1983. The manga was written as a

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gag manga inspired by the

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series ''

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''. An

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based on the manga was released in 1986. The anime was released on DVD in

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on April 18, 2006.

Summary

The evil secret society known as the Telephone Pole Gang seeks to take over the world by first taking over a certain prefecture on

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(they never specify which one). In order to thwart the evil plans of the Telephone Pole Gang, Imazuru High School creates the

Prefectural A prefecture (from the Latin ''Praefectura'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international ...

Earth Defense Force, composed of problem teachers and students from the school. They are also joined by a

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transfer student from

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. The Telephone Pole Gang is commanded by Chilthonian (full name ). His staff includes , also known as , who has taken on the role of a student at Imazuru High School, and , a transfer student from India.

Manga

There are four volumes collecting this story. ;Original release ;Re-release

Anime

Cast

*Baradagi:

Hiromi Tsuru was a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. During her life, she was attached to the Himawari Theatre Group as a child and then to Aoni Production at the time of her death. She was most known for voicing the character of Bulma (''Dragon B ...

*Karmi Santin:

Hirotaka Suzuoki was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture who graduated from Tokyo Keizai University. His best known roles include ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' ( Bright Noa), '' Captain Tsubasa'' ( Kojirou Hyuga), ''Saint Seiya'' ( ...

*Takei Sukekubo:

Tesshō Genda is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, . as artist name. Because he had experience with ballet, he was known by the nickname "Pirouette Gend ...

*Chilthonian:

Shūichi Ikeda is a Japanese actor and narrator. Ikeda is married to Sakiko Tamagawa, although he was once married to Keiko Toda. He currently works for Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. He is best known for his role as Char Aznable in multiple ''G ...

*Hiroaki Narita:

Tōru Furuya is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. Furuya is most known for the anime roles of Amur ...

*Toshiyuki Roberi:

Hideyuki Tanaka is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo who is attached to Aoni Production. He is a graduate of the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He is most known for his roles in ''One Piece'' (as Donquixote Doflamingo), '' Dokaben'' (as Tarou Y ...

*Miyuki Ōyama:

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*Dr. Mafune:

Kōji Totani was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan who worked at Aoni Production. On February 6, 2006, at the age of 57, he died from acute heart failure. His final appearance was the Naruto 2006 New Year one-h ...

*Shokutsū:

Masaharu Satō is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator currently working for Aoni Production. He was born in Ōta, Tokyo. Satō is best known for the roles of Buffaloman, Sunshine (''Kinnikuman''), Miyamoto Musashi (''Yaiba''), Adah ('' Mushiking: King o ...

*Dr. Inoue:

Kōhei Miyauchi , better known by the stage name , was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Kagoshima Prefecture. On June 2, 1995, Miyauchi died on his hospital bed at the Nihon University Itabashi Hospital from abdominal varices. At the time of Miyauchi's de ...

*Akiko Ifukube:

Rika Fukami is a Japanese voice actress, narrator and singer from Saitama Prefecture who is affiliated with Vi-Vo. She made her voice acting debut in 1982 with ''Tokimeki Tonight''. Fukami is best known for her role in the ''Sailor Moon'' series as Sailor Ve ...

*Scope Tsuruzuki:

Takeshi Aono was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. He was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School. Career Aono was most known for the roles of Shiro ...

*Yūko Inoue:

Toshiko Fujita was a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator. She was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of her death. Biography Since the age of 8 in 1958, Fujita worked in radio and television as an actress, singer and comedian. In ...

Staff

*Original Manga: Kōichirō Yasunaga *Script:

Kazunori Itō is a Japanese anime screenwriter and artist who is well known for his work in the ''.hack'' franchise and his writing for the 1995 ''Ghost in the Shell'' movie. Itō supervised the writing for the novel, '' .hack//Another Birth'' which was writ ...

*Character Design: Katsumi Aoshima *Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi *Animation Director: Katsumi Aoshima *Music:

Kentarō Haneda was a Japanese pianist, composer and arranger. He composed for popular anime series, movies and video games. His popular name was Haneken. Biography Haneda was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, he ...

*Director of Photography: Jurō Sugimura *Color Coordinators: Atsuko Takahira, Hiromi Fujita *Sound Director: Masahiru Komatsu *Director: Keiji Hayakawa *Animation Production:

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*Produced by

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References

External links

JMDB entry for ''Prefectural Earth Defense Force''
* {{Gallop (studio) 1983 manga 1986 anime OVAs Shōnen manga ADV Films Gallop (studio) Shogakukan manga